Water-tube boiler.



No. 693,937. Patented Feb. 25, |902.

W. WINGERTER.

WATER TUBE BOILER.

(Application led Oct. 7, 1901.)

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VILLIAM WINGERTER, OF HALO, OHIO.

WATER-TUBE BOILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,937, dated February 25, 1902.

Application filed October 7, 1901. Serial No. 77,869. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it' may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM WINGERTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Halo, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Tube Boilers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to Water-tube boilers.

The object of the invent-ion is to provide a boiler of this character which shall be simple of construction,durable in use, comparatively inexpensive of production, eflicient in action, and one which will generate a maximum amount of steam for the expenditure of a minimum amount of fuel.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front view of my improved water-tube boiler with the front wall of the furnace removed in order to more clearly illustrate the invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View of the same.

In the drawings, l denotes the walls of the furnace, 2 the furnace-grate, and Sthe ash-pit.

5 and 6 denote parallel horizontally-arranged water-drums which are set into the sides of the furnace-walls immediately above the grate and are connected together by a bank of water-tubes 7, above which is ar ranged a battle-plate or defiector 8.

9 denotes a second bank of water-tubes which connect thedrums 5 and 6 at a point abovethe detlectoror baffle-plate 8, and l0 denotes a second baffle-plate or deiector which is arranged above YJthe bank of tubes 9.

l1 denotes the steam-drum,supported above the drums 5 and 6 and at a point between the same and connected to said drums by banks of horizontally-curved tubes l2 and 13, which lead from the upper surfaces of said drums to and connect with the lower side of the drum 11.

14 denotes the smoke-stack or uptake of the furnace. The course of the products of combustion from the fire-chamber of the fur-v nace to the smoke-stack or uptake is indicated by the arrows shown in Fig. 2, and by reference to this figure it will be readily perceived that the water tubes and drums are subjected to intense heat from the products of combustion as they pass from the firechamber to the uptake in their circuitous or tortuous passage, thus enabling me to economically and expeditiously generate steam at an expenditure of a minimum amount of fuel.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantages ot' the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

While the preferred form ot' the invention is as herein described, it will of course be understood that changes in the form, propor' tion, and the minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a water-tube boiler, the combination with the water-drums arranged side by side in a horizontal plane and the steam-drum arl ranged parallel with the water-drums and at a point above the same and between said water-drums, a fire-chamber, an uptake,two horizontal bafie-plates or deiiectors arranged between said hori'zontally-disposed water-drums to form -a tortuous passage from the fire-chamber to the uptake, a bank of horizontally-disa posed tubes connecting the water-drums at a point below the lowermost baffle-plate or deiiector,a second bank of horizontally-disposed tubes connecting the water-drums at a point above the lowermost baffle-plate or deflector and between said lowermost and uppermost baffle-plates or delectors, and a third bank of tubes connected to the lower side of the steamdrum and extending divergently above the uppermost baffle-plate and connected to the upper sides of the water-drums on opposite sides of said plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM WINGERTER. Witnesses:

J. Q. BACHTEL, E. E. TANNAR.

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